Rigor & Reality: Taking Secondary School Reform Statewide Proceedings Document: CCSSO Secondary School Redesign Conference, 2006 This proceedings document from CCSSO’s June 2006 Secondary School Redesign Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, highlights the promising secondary school redesign efforts of state officials, practitioners, and researchers that were discussed during the meeting. National, state, and local school experts shared recommendations around various components of secondary school redesign, from strategic use of data, to ensuring a rigorous and relevant learning experience across the content areas, to expanding learning options for all students. The document also captures key points from cross-state conversations on academic rigor, facilitating transitions into and out of high school, measuring student achievement, and systems accountability. Participants addressed the possibilities and challenges ahead for scaling up “islands of excellence” and realizing statewide secondary school redesign. A detailed appendix provides further information on numerous resources and tools that were mentioned during the meeting. Rigor & Reality, Full Document Introduction and Executive Summary Plenary Sessions: Secondary School Redesign: National Perspectives Promising Practices of Secondary School Redesign Breakout Sessions: Designing Assessments to Better Measure 21st Century Academic and Career Readiness Student and Systems Accountability High School Assessments That Inform Instruction Defining and Tracking Indicators of High School Student Success Supporting Student Transitions from Middle to High School Core Academic Subjects and Career and Technical Education: Integration for the 21st Century Rethinking Time to Help Students Achieve at High Levels Multiple Pathways for All Students Supporting Student Transitions from High School to Postsecondary Education and Work New Models of Learning Teaching Literacy and Numeracy across the Content Areas Cross-State Group Sessions: Defining Academic Rigor Creating Smooth Transitions into and out of High School Measuring Student Achievement Systems Accountability Appendices: Appendix A: Meeting Agenda Appendix B: Resources and Tools

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